Foiled by Mitchell and his Many Men

If today went as originally planned I’d be sleeping for another 23 minutes; I’d get up, check my e-mail, sift through the internet-papers, take a shower, shave, make some food, and then head to the RBK Court at the ACC. (EDIT: Oh, I'd get dressed, too.)

However, at 1:51 am, I called the Raptors’ media line only to find out there would be no practice today. The Raptors had just been chased out of Florida following back-to-back losses, which made it 10 straight without a win. The season’s winding down... The Raps are bruised, banged-up, and battered. What more are they going to learn in the last remaining week (let alone a 2 hour practice), that they haven’t already drilled to death?

That answer I don't know...

But the repercussions I do:

a) I have a little less money in my pocket
b) I’ve got some free-time to play some outdoor ball when it’s SUNNY out
c) My Passover sedar will be without Sam Mitchell, tonight

I had a plan.

With the season coming to a near (and ugly) close, I was going to ask Sam what he was up to for Passover dinner tonight. I was assuming that he’d say a longer-winded version of “nothing,” to which I would respond by inviting him to my aunt’s house.

After all, we’d had this great talk a couple weeks back, that hadn’t been followed up by anything. It would have been like a season-ending peace-offering…

He’d then appreciate the gesture, come to dinner, and confide in me regarding Raptor-decision-making. He’d ask my opinion on personnel moves, and ask my opinion on rotations and lineups for next season. I’d leave my radio career behind to become an assistant coach in the NBA - a well-paid assistant coach, at that - all because of the fantastic food that my family served up.

I'm getting a little ahead of myself, though.

After dinner, Sam, myself, and my cousins, would go for a few drinks… tally up a pricey tab (that Sam would, of course, cover)... and pick up 17 women (that’s how we roll).

Unfortunately, this will never happen. The Raptors won’t practice today, meaning my sedar will be NBA-coach-free tonight. I guess that’s alright. I’ve already had 47 without one… why not 48??

And as it applies to them... there's always next year.


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I won’t be back-logging the previous few games because they were either on the road… or I wasn’t there. I actually won’t be there on Friday either, I’ve got Saturday’s practice off, and won’t be back on the sidelines (pressbox?) until Monday.

We’ll chat sometime after that.